Moritz rosenstock



(N0 Model.)

ROSENSTOGK. SKIRT PROTECTOR.

Patented Julie 30, 1891.-

PATENT OFFICE.

MORITZ ROSEN STOCK,

OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

SKIRT-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,264, dated June 30,1891. Application filed September 24,1890. Serial No. 365,950. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, MoRITz RosENsTocK, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSkirt-Protectors, of which the following is a specification. I

Figure 1 of the drawings showsa section of the braid'cd materialemployed. Figs. 2 and 3 show the material in two stages of manufacture.Fig. 4 is the completed article.

I take ordinary split rattan and braid the same around a mandrel, so asto form a cylinder, as shown in Fig. 2. The material is braided so as toleave open meshes of about three-eighths of an inch in Width, as shownin Fig. 1. The cylinder thus formed is then passed between rollers, soas to be flattened, as shown in Fig. 3. The ends of the flattenedcylinder are then bound, as at a a, Fig. 3, and to this binding may besecured the pieces of cloth I) b, by which the protector is secured tothe dress. One of the edges formed by flattening the cylinder is alsobound, as at c, Fig. 4, and in applying this binding the strands of therattan are somewhat drawn together so as to give the whole the formshown at d, Fig. 4, being substantially gore-shaped and somewhat roundedat its lower edge, so as to be especially adapted for the use to whichit is to be applied.

, When applied to a dress, this skirt-protector presents as awearing-surface the under side and lower edge of the rattan, which isexceedingly durable, is not injuriously afl'ected by moisture, may bereadily cleansed, and (30111- bines all of these advantages with verylittle weight.

I claim 1. A skirt-protector composed of a flattened cylinder of braidedrattan, substantially as described.

2. In a shirt-protector, thebody d, consistin g of two thicknesses ofbraided rattan folded at the lower edge thereof and combined at each endwith the binding a a and the attaching-pieces b b,substantially asdescribed.

3. In a skirt-protector, the body d, composed of two thicknesses ofbraided rattan folded at the lower edge thereof, in combination with thebinding 0, whereby the upper edge of the braided rattan is drawntogether, and the bindings a a, whereby the ends are secured,substantially as described.

Witnesses:

J. E. GREEB, FRED KEMPER.

